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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

842 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...



* UNTIL 1045 AM PDT.



* AT 839 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHWEST  

  PORTION OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY NEAR SPRING VALLEY. THE STORM WAS  

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL IMPACT THE LAS VEGAS STRIP AND 

  DOWNTOWN BETWEEN 900 AND 930 AM PDT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

  AGGRAVATE THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY OBSERVED FLASH FLOODING. 

  RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FLOODING         

  PARTICULARLY ALONG KOVAL LANE JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LAS VEGAS    

  STRIP.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS...NWS LAS

  VEGAS...SPRING VALLEY...STRATOSPHERE TOWER...THE LAKES...THE STRIP

  AND UNLV.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE 

LIKELY WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. SEVERAL INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3596 11534 3611 11506 3624 11510 3616 11534



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